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    The Alliance Herald
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VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23. 1914
NUMBER 83
ANDERSON TRUCK
COUNCIL'S CHOICE
OPENING MINES
PULLMAN MAN
DIED THURSDAY
SHOWER FOR
ETHEL NOLAN
SCHAFER TO HAVE
REASONS FOR '
CLUB BUILDING
AT LOST SPRINGS
RACING AUTO
CMr Dads Keep Promisee; to Fire De
partment by Purchasing New,
I'D-to-date Fire Truck
Ai special tneet'ng of the city
eaancll at the city ball Tuesday ev
eaung, the council voted to purchase
an "Anderson" Motor Fixe Car from
the Anderson Company, 1115 Far
mm St, Omaha. C. J. Anderson
represented the firm at the meeting
There were a total of sixteen bids
offered, some of the makes having in
were than one bid, covering differ
eat models of cars at different pric
es. The first bid opened was for the
White car, by Mr. Gillespie, of Den
ver, western agent for the car. Mr
n iiespie was not present but was
represented by J. Cornelius, of the
service department. Three bids were
offered by the White people, one for
$4,812.50 with starter or $4,550
without starter; one for $4,375 with
starter and $4,112.50 without start
er; and one for $3,893.75 with start
er and $3,675 without starter, all f.
. b. KenoBha, Wisconsin.
Julius Pearse, of 304-305 Jacob
son Building, Denver, represented
ike Amerlcan-LaFrance car. His
W4 on the type 20 car was $4,500.
John A. Savage, 315 Ideal Build
ing, Denver, represented the Robin-
eon Fire Apparatus Mfg. Co. His
bid on the Whale truck, f.o.b. Alii
ance, was $5,500, and on the Vulcan
track, f.o.b. Alliance, was $5,000.
The Willys Utility one and one-
half ton truck was represented by
she Keeler-Coursey Company, of Al
liance, local agents for this car,
Their bid on the Willys was $4,350,
f.o.b. Alliance.
The bid on the Wisconsin combi
nation fire truck was $3,750 for the
foar, and $4,150 for the six, f.o.b,
factory, less $200 without starter.
The Seagrave Company was repre
sented by Warren C. Bogue, of Den
ver. The bid on their largest car
waa $5,100 f.o.b. Alliance, and on
tae smaller car was $4,800 f.o.b. Al
liance.
The George C. Hale Compiny, of
Kansas City, presented a bid for $5,-
0t f.o.b. Alliance for Hale No. 2,
and $4,000 f.o.b. Alliance for Hale
No. S.
The Andersen Company of Omaha
presented two bids on the Andersen
ear. Their bid on the four cylinder
car, f.o.b. Alliance, was $3,821 with
out starter and on the six cylinder
oar. f.o.b. Alliance, was $5300 witb-
aat starter.
The bid of the Ahrens-Fox Com
pany on the Ahrens-Fox car was
$5,750 f.o.b. Alliance.
The bid of the Knox Motor Com
pany on the Knox model M3 was
$ 5.100 with starter and $5,495 with
out starter, f.o.b. Springfield.
After the bids were opened and
read by the clerk, the car represent
atives present retired to 'another
roam. As each car was discussed
the salesman for that car was called
ta and explained the bids and speci
aoatlons. After all the bids had
been gone over different members of
tae council talked on the matter, glv
lag their opinions. The general
aptnlon seemed to be that one of the
lower priced cars should be purchas
ed. An informal ballot was taken,
tae choice laying between the Ander
soa and the Willys cars.
Councilman liouiig, who returned
Meaday morning from a trip made
for the purpose of investigating the
different makes of motor fire trucks,
made his report. He told of visit
ing the different cities and fit seeing
the different trucks in operation. He
told of the performance of the dif
ferent makes of trucks on which bids
had been received.
After Mr. Romig's report had been
received, a formal ballot was taken
for the purpose of deciding on the
truck wanted. The vote resulted In
a tie, two for the Willys and two for
the Anderson. Mayor Rodgers tneu
csjjt the deciding vote in favor of the
Anderson car. This truck is In use
in North Platte, Grand Inland, Nebr.,
Sterling, Colo., and other western
towns, and is well liked. The car
purchased is the four-cylinder, at a
wht of 321. A cut of this car
will be shown in The Herald next
week. Although delivery was not
promised before, ninety days in the
contract, it is believed that the car
will be here before sixty days. An
expert will arrive with the car and
stay a week or as long as is neces
sur to instruct ihe. driver in its op
eration and care.
A l.Ki RAM II liAl'.N
Henry llier Furnishes Herald PhoU
. of Hit New i Viiicut ilarn
Henry liter was in Alliance yeb
terday and turidt-hed The Herald a
photograph of Ins new cement barn
on his ranch near Antioch, eighteen
Biiies east of Alliance. The photo
hardly does justice to the biiin,
wnich is bu.lt on the hillside so that
the pit lure of it does not fully show
its dimensions.
The bar nis paid to be the largest,
ranch barn in northwestern Nebras
ka. It is t0 feM long by 44 feet
wide, and lias 14 faot cement walls.
It will house two hundred head of
caUle and sixteen or eighteen horses,
besides buggies and machinery on
Hie ground floor, a part of which is
of cement.
A cut of this barn will be made
and printed in h future issue of The
Herald.
Wyoming Capitalists Visit Alliance
Wednesday Morning to Soon
Oat Coal from New Mines
P. E. McKlllp, president, and D
B. McMahan, secretary, of the Wy
omlng Northern Railway Company
and the Rosin Coal Company, of Lost
Springs, Wyo., stopped in Alliance,
weanesaay morning, looking over
the local coal market and taking
tr)p into the country surrounding Al
nance wnile Here.
From Alliance the gentlemen went
to the North Platte valley to look ov
er me coal markets. The RobIii
coal mine at Lost Springs is said to
be the nearest mine to Alliance.
standard gauge railway has Just
Deen completed by the railway com
pany, connecting the mine with the
North Western at Lost Springs. The
gentlemen stated that they expected
10 oe snipping a high graae of coal
into Alliance and surounding terrl
tory within the next few months.
MRS. COPELAND
EXTENDED TRIP
Wife of Herald Sporting Editor VI
its Friends and Relatives In
Chicago and East
Mrs. Bates Copeland, wife of The
Herald's sporting editor, left Sun
day night for an extended trip in the
east. She goes first to Chicago,
where she will visit for a few days
wun Mrs. Koy Ueckwith of Alliance,
who is visiting there during the sum
mer. From Chicago she will ko to
Muncie, Indiana, where a family re
union will be held at the home of
her sister, Mrs. R.- E. Murray, for
merly of Alliance.
At Muncie she will meet her broth
er. Willard Brown, on his way from
Los Angeles to New York, where he
will start on a trip for Australia.
Mrs. Copeland will accompany him
to Newark, N. J., where she will vis
it for some time.
PROGRESSIVE
CONVENTION
t liainnan Sweeney Issues Call for
Meeting Saturday Artentoon at
County Court House
A county convention of the Pro
gressive party of Box Butte county
is called to meet in the Court House
in Alliance, Nebraska, on the 25th
day of July, 1914, at 2 o'clock p. m.
for the purpose of electing a Pro
gressive County Central Committee,
Chairman and Secretary of same.
and electing delegates to the Pro
gressive State Convention to be held
at Lincoln, Nebraska, on Tuesday,
July 28, 1914, and for such other
business as may properly come be
fore the convention.
The several precincts are entitled
to representatives as follows:
Alliance, First ward, 5 delegates.
Alliance, Second ward, 3 delegates
Boyd precinct, 2 delegates.
Lake precinct, 3 delegates.
Box Butte precinct, 2 delegates.
Runningwater prec, 2 delegates.
Horsey precinct, 3 delegates.
Nonpareil precinct, 2 delegates.
Wright precinct, 2 delegates.
Snake precinct, 2 delegates.
Liberty precinct, 2 delegates.
Lawn precinct, 2 delegates.
The precinct committeemen of the
several precincts are requested to
arrange for and hold the precinct
caucus at the usual voting place in
each precinct, on July 25, at 2 p. m.
L P. SWEENEY,
Chairman County Cen
tral Committee.
Picnic Party This Evening
Mrs. J. W. Thomas will be hostess
this .veiling to a company of young
people, Junior Normal students and
others, at a picnic party at the fair
grounds. Supper will be served and
the company entertained with games
and other amusements if it doesn't
rain. The invited guests are the
Mi.ssfB Reed, Opal and (irace Iturk
holder, ilaihins, Cooley, Weihliiig,
Kens-'wold, and Marian and Marjory
Grebe; Messrs. Clements, Curl and
Paul Thomas, t?wyv.ti, (Irahum, Iju
hon, Laude, Anroti Tlioinad; Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Grebe, Mr. and Mrs. L.
C Thomas, and Mrs. Moutqniery.
C. A. Starr of Flrasburger, Eberi
dan county, tame up from Lakcfclde
today on 4T, and will rennln in Alli
ance a few days on real estate busi
ness. Having made linal proof on
J. is own claim h lias undertaken to
sell the land for some of the "weak
kneed fellows." as lie calls them,
and says he has some land that he
can t-eli for much less than what he
would be willing to take for his
own.
RANCHES IN SHERIDAN COUN
TY For sale cheap, 2.3 40 acres,
640 acres and others. Near post of
fice and school. C. A. STARR.
Burlington Hotel, Alliance, Nebr.
Well Known Western Nebraska Man
Who Settled in Cherry County
In 1888, Died at His Home
George R. Lackey, of Pullman. A silk stocking shower was given
Nebr., died Thursday evening, July t the home of May Newberry on
16, at 7:30 o'clock, at his home on Laramie Avenue, Tuesday evening
his ranch north of Whitman, in 'or Miss Ethel Nolan. Luncheon was
Cherry county. He was stricken served at 7 o'clock, after which a
with paralysis two weeks before, basket was given to Miss Nolan con
whlch was the cause of his death. (talnlng a card from each girl, the
The funeral was held at 2 o'clock cards stating where to find the pack
Saturday afternoon at the home. In- " After the packages were found
terment was in Survey Valley cenie- tne young ladies Joined in singing
tery. The funeral sermon was ongs, following which Miss Leone
preached by Rev. Young of Alliance.
Mr. Lackey was born April 16,
1851, being 53 years of age at his
death. He was born in Morgan
county, Ohio, spending most of his
boyhood In that state. He moved to
Nebraska in 1885 and located In the
sandhills of Cherry county In 1888.
He leaves a wife and five sisters.
Sells Out Farm leaving for South'
r. ai. Alien, who settled In Sheri
dan county, northeast of Alliance,
about six years ago. on Wednesday
closed a deal by which he snirf hia
ranch of 400 acres to Krause Broth
ers, the ranchmen. Mr. Allen's prop
erty adjoined the Krause holdinits
His lands are all fenced and falrlv
well improved.
Mr. Allen expects to leave the last
of the week for Eagle Pass, Texas,
his former home, where he will stay
until conditions in old Mexico settle,
when he expects to go Into that coun
try and locate. He spent several
years there and believes that there
are great opportunities.
South Omaha Commission Man Here
Allen Dudley, Jr., of Allen Dudley
& Company, South Omaha commis-
sion merchants, spent the first part till next Monday, when they will con
of the week in Alliance and sur-!tinue on to San Francisco, where
rounding territory in the interest of they will visit relatives for some
u.b mm. Mr. wuaiey nas many,
friends in this part of the state. I
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Big
Canal
Two Hundred Teams Working Day and Night to
Repair Immense
in Bank of Canal Carrying 1,500 Second Feet
of Water, for 200,000 Acres of Land
With a mighty roar and so fas! canal was shut off within a few min-l reach Hie lower end of the main ca-
,ual l"" i"e i.anh uies oy wie Keeper at the pate, it'nal, which is eiht-ty miles in length
were forced to run to escape the took fifteen Jiours for the water to The Trl State ao has approvimate
flood, the immense Tri-State Irritra- run out of the canal and allow tt... iv r.no ,,i..u ..t 1
tlon canal broke Its banks early Sat
urday morning at u point seen miles
northwest of ScoitsblulY and near
the town of Mitchell. The canal has
a carrying capacity of 1,500 cubic
feet of water per second, carrying
as much of the precious lluid as a
small river.
At the point wl-.ere the break oc
curred the bank was sandy soil and
weak, water seeping through the
bank ut several points nearby. lie
cause of the weak nature of the bank
it was patrolled at this point every
few hours by the ditch riders, both
day and night. A gopher hole near
the top of the bank started a b-ak
which was seen by th! ditch rider
who quickly tilled sacks carried on
his saddle with sand and threw them
into the rapidly widening break. He
temporarily stopped the break and
phoned to the nearest camp for help
otner canal employes
arrived ami
were engaged in strengthening the
Plug in mo break, when the pres-j
sure grew too strong and tbe bank
went out with a roar.
The break is many miles from the
headgate at Henry, Nebr., and al
though the Inflow of water into the
Party at Home of May Newberry on
Tuesday Evening Waa Elaborate
Luncheon Waa Served
1 Maiiery entertained with three read
ings.
The color scheme of the decora
iions was lavender and white. A
flashlight picture was taken of the
Danquet table.
Those present were Misses Ethel
and Frances Nolan, Mabel and Marie
Carey, Josephine, Katie and Nellie
oiJonnell. Nell and Alice Acheson.
Ruth Morris, Pay Hubble, Mabel
Duncan, Kate Hagerty, Annie O'Con
nor, Marie Rlordan. Ruth Moore. As
nes Kniest, Virginia Broome, Alice
canson, Leone Mallery, Etta Keane;
Mesdames Rumer, Michael Nolan,
Rlordan and Newberry. Misses Kate
anq Hannah Kniest and Teressa
O'Donnell assisted Miss Newberry in
serving luncheon.
' Come from Ontario, Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brown, of Sar
nla, Ontario, Canada, arrived Tues
day morning for a visit with his
brother. W. C. Brown, of Alliance.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown are located at
the. foot of Lake Huron, above De
troit. OH thA St Clair 1-1 vol- ITn la
'chief engineer of the car ferry at
that place.
Thev exnect tn vlolf In Alltnnoa
time. They will stop enroute
Denver and other Doints.
at
V 'rw -
Breaks Near
itchell -$10,000
Break Caused by
work of repairing the break to be-i
gin. The water which flowed out:
through the break ran towards the
riv.r, breaking a smaller ditch, th"
Enterprise, in i'.vo places, and nearly
washing out. a railroad bridge on the
;,'urnsey brunch of the Hurlintuon
railroad. The damage to the bridge:
'was quickly repaired and trains are
'running on sclu'duP tin.e.
('. M. WriKht. Hi.i!.;.Kcr of the Tri-
.s.ate canal, with headquarters nt
Scottsblulf. who passed through Al
liance on Wednesday on his way to
Omaha, estimated that it will lake
35. "Oft cubic yards of dirt to till the
pap in the' lower bank of the canal,
at a cost to the company of J 10,000
to repair the damage. The damage
to growing crops will be flight, caus
ed by lack of water for only a week.
Mr. Wright stated that they expeet-
f.n to turn the water back into
the I
canal the lust of iht m..v
'teams are wf.rbinc- rt.v nnrt nihi
commissary and complete camp hn
been established at the break, which
is near Sunflower canyon.
After the water is turned back In
to the canal It Is estimated that It
will require two full days for it to
'Alliance Man It-conMnictlng
Six
Cylinder Steveiw-Duryca Auto
Into Racing Machine
Alliance Is to have a genuine rac
lng automobile. Charley Schafer re
cently purchased the six-cylinder, 60
horse power Stevens-Duryea autorao-
mie rormerly owned by Chase Fea
gins and is re-constructing It Into a
racing car. The machine Is being
ennreiy re-constructed and when It
is turned out rrom the paint shop It
will be as classy as the finest, with
pieniy or power and speed.
a rorty-nve gallon gasoline tank
has been mounted on the chassis, the
seat for the driver and mechanician
placed near the center, the steering
gear lengthened, and new parts of
machinery added where needed
When finished the car will be capa
ble of a speed of 76 miles per hour.
Chase had It named the "Bear Ket-
cher but Schafer Is planning to
christen It the "Schafer Limited".
Walters Will 8eak
The Men's Brotherhood will meet
at the Baptist church at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon, July 26. This
promises to be an unusually Inter
esttng ana profitable meeting to
which all men, and especially church
members, are invited. The Bible
study and address by II. F. Walters,
who Is to leave Alliance soon, will be
something that should not be miss
ed. As this is the last opportunity
to hear Mr. Walters the committee
requests that all make a sepclal ef
fort to be there.
Making Extended Visit Here
Alexander Fortner, of Maquoketa.
In the northwestern part of Iowa,
who arrived two weeks ago to visit
his Bon and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Alva
Fortner, of Alliance, is making an
extended visit. He expects to stay
month longer, after which be will
go to Merriman to visit a brother.
Gopher Hole,
The picture shown herewith was1
taken at a break in the immense ln-
ter-State ri ernment rri-.,u, -...s
nal, which starts near Guernsey, Wy
oming, a ml runs dow n into Nebraska
near llridgoport, a distance of prob
ably l'.'.", mil.s. This oreak was
caused by a j-opher and happened in
the spring of 1!)12.
intcti riders on the main canals
iitil many leaks every year while the;
water is in the canals. Ihey are
caused by different things, the main
cause beinir gophers which like to
born into the toft banks. The wily
gopher dit-s through the soft dirt un
til suddenly his nose pokes through
into the water, he turns tail and out
lie comes, followed by a btream of
water, which In an Incredibly short
time becomes a torrent. Mr. Gopher
usually escapes but the damage is
done ami unless the ditch rider hap-
Damage
e-Uipens along within a few minutes and
succeeds in slopping the leak, noth
ing can prevent Eerlous damago to
canal, crops, fram lands across which
the water may flow, railroads and
other smaller ditches which may be
In the path of the water on Its way
back to tbe river.
Herretary art Alliance ConimerciaJ
dab TeUs Why City Nlioahl
Harm Club Building
The HeiaJd'a Job department la
this week frlnUng a folder for the
Commercial Club giving the follow
ing reasons why Alliance should
have a Commercial Club building, by
W. D. Flatter, secretary:
It win create a better friendhin
ameng oh awn people.
It will yat the Commercial Club
on a permanent basis.
We will fte the smallest city in the
West havlag such a building.
It will taerease the value of every
piece of property in the city.
It will be a savin in uniurto. A..
year of not leea than 12,000.
It Will Rtre US a rlnr tn hrAA
conventlona which come to our city.
t will - - . - ..
win un m nome ror me boys, a
place whero thev can deveinn nh.i.
ally as wel as mentally.
ine laaier rest room will be a fea
ture that will be worth hundreds of
dollars to oar city.
It will bo a home where you will
be nroad so take vnur wif
- vua
friends and your children.
The gymaaslum feature for the la
dles can bo secured for one-fifth less
than node any other plan.
It Will ba an advert lain ir
- - ..... u 0 auniMtv
that will be worth 2,000 each year
to our city.
We don't ask you to give us $26.
$600 or $1100 and then say you
have nothing to sav about rnnint.
lng affairs.
When YOU DUt vonr mnnn Inl.
this building, stock la Issued and
you have a vote in the management
of same.
It will create more civic, nrlrfa than
can be created with three times the
amount of money spent in other
channels.
It Will be the headonurlnra fnr
our farmers and their wi Vfa. inn
the use of tbe Auditorium it at their
service free.
You won't have to so out of Alli
ance to spend your money for swim
ming purposes arter ibis building Is
erected.
It Will be the onlv hnilillno- nt it.
kind where everyone can feel free tn
vlBlt. You don't need a pass to get
Inside tbe building. .. .
We have no creed, nor will It be
run by any political crowd. All you
have to do Is to conduct vnurir am
a respectable American citizen, and
ooey me rules as posted.
The weekly Commercial Club lun
cheons will till a long felt want. Here
you will moot your friends, your
neighbors, have a Eood meal and nn
away better fitted for vour
work.
Your Stock Will alwnva ho vulnohU
for we are erectlne a buildlnir that
will be a credit to the city. It will
be a permanent fixture, Just like our
city Alliance She Is not going to
be moved away.
If SUCh a bulldins la rnctAt thu
citizens and business men will not'
be solicited for the up-keep of the
Duuaing. j uis cannot be said of a
Y. hi. C. A. building, for in a cltv of
our size, they are now soliciting
funds each year to the amount of
z.uuo or more.
Don't ex Dec t anv divldenria Wo
may be able to oav them, hut u
are not promising this now. When
you build a home, do you expect to
get all your money back, or do you
figure that the pleasure of having
such a home Is worth hundreds of
dollars each year to you?
We will pay dividends, though, in
the development of our boys and
girls, in making better citizens of
them. In getting ou rnien together
ana in tne upbuilding of our city.
The dividends will be big and the
money you invest In such a building
will bring big returns to your city
and home.
We never get anything worth
while unless v. e pay lor it. A home
cannot be built without money; our
churches cost money; our schools
are expensive; but who would do
without them? Who wants to be a
cannibal and live under the trees?
Therefore, gi t in the boat w ith
some of your money, your muscle,
your iiillU'iire, and don't rest easy
when yo;i gt in. but take hold of ati
oar and pull to beat the band.
The water is tine. Now is the
time to i;et in.
loiui'j I iodic Entertain
On last Friday evening twenty
youii, men mid women were enter
tained at u "run-sheep-run" party,
at the home of Miss Alta Youn--, the
young women acting as hosUsses.
Mny out-door games were indulged
in during the evening, the chief of
which was "Run-sheep-run", a game
familiar to both old young. Itefitsh
met.ts consisting of canteloupe sun
daes, cakii and lemonade wue serv
ed at the close, of the evetilng's en
tertainment. Those present were: Misses Alta
Young, Hattie Reuswold, Mabel
Worlty, May Nation. Eva Duncan,
Ruth Rice, Adah Hawkins, Nell
Shrew t-berry, Anna Sender, May
lira ham: Messrs Charles Spacht,
Martin Laude. Carl Thomas, Louis
l'owell, Norman McCoikle, William
EaMon, Merrltt Chaffee, Clements.
Chambers ami Linn.
When things get uull in Germany
Count Zeppelin takes out his airship
and breaks it up some more.